As a global lithography machine giant, ASML can be said to have completely monopolized the upstream industry in the semiconductor industry, and the lithography machine, known as "industrial crystallization", has once again been upgraded by ASML. Previously, the limit of ASML's lithography machine was about 3nm, and the chip process of 5nm was generally producedBut this time, ASML officially announced to the world that it took 10 years to see that 2nm lithography machines with a price of more than $300 million each appeared!
According to foreign media Reuters, the world's first 2nm extreme ultraviolet lithography machine developed by the Dutch ASML lithography company will be delivered to Intel first, as the American chip giant Intel, in fact, has been staring at this 2nm extreme ultraviolet lithography machine for a long time, it can be said that after Intel gets this 2nm lithography machine, it will help the United States semiconductor production office smaller, better performance, faster running chips out, so that the United States shouted:"Victory belongs to America".
You must know that the United States during this period of time can be described as very depressed, especially after the Sino-US science and technology war, the United States has no effect on China's semiconductor sanctions and suppression, and Huawei has not only broken through high-end chip technology, but also achieved 100% localization, which is unacceptable to the United States. Therefore, in order to continue to maintain its technological hegemony, the United States has to give priority to ASML in delivering the most advanced lithography machines for American chip companies in addition to suppressing China's science and technology more deeply.
This makes the United States want to press China all the time, and with the rise of China's semiconductors, chips in Western countries led by the United States have begun to show signs of market decline, especially in the Chinese market, which began to use a large number of domestic high-end chips produced by Huawei, so that ASML had to carry out "dumping" to ensure market advantages, which shows that the United States is eager and worried. Because of this, the United States is also eager to continuously upgrade chips, from 3nm, 2nm, 1nm, etc., to ensure that American semiconductors are more than three generations ahead of the world.
However, for ASML's 2nm lithography machine to be delivered to Intel first, many experts think that it is useless, because upgrading from 3nm to 2nm will not improve too much, it can only be said to be a "gimmick", but some people believe that technological innovation is a good thing, if they all think that there is no difference, who will innovate?You should know that although many high-tech technologies may not seem to be very different, the final data will show that there is a big difference between the two.
I have to sigh at ASML's technology in the field of semiconductors, when we are still struggling to explore 5nm technology, others have come up with 2nm lithography machines, but we should not give up the pursuit of high-tech, as long as we insist that we can also reach this point.